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[Objective] With global warming and increased occurrences of heavy precipitation, the frequency of landslide mudflow disasters in the Pisha sandstone area will increase significantly. Understanding how water-soil interaction affect the loosening and deformation of fragile soils, ultimately leading to mudflow development, is a crucial scientific question in the evolutionary process. [Methods] This study focuses on investigating the rheological properties of Pisha sandstone (PS) slurry using a rheological method that involves dynamic oscillatory shear. The primary objective is to examine the liquefaction process and initial rheological properties of PS slurry. [Results] (1) With the increase of shear strain, the energy storage modulus (G′) and loss modulus (G″) of the four PS slurries decreased and exhibited strain thinning characteristics. (2) In the samples with lower water content (w

Environmental threats most times occur due to indiscriminate disposal of swine wastes into the environment however effective disposal of these waste materials into the soil as an amendment for vegetable production remains a vital solution for the challenge. This research investigated different application rates of swine wastes on selected soil physical properties and cultivation of Amaranthus in Awka. The research was conducted at the Soil Science and Land Resources Management Research and Teaching Farm, Faculty of Agriculture, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka- Nigeria. The field experiment was laid out in a Randomized Complete Block Design. Soil samples were taken from each plot with core samplers undisturbed and randomly and was taken to the laboratory for soil physical analysis prior to the application of treatment. The treatment used was swine wastes at rates of 0 kg/plot (zero application), 4.5 kg/plot, 9.0 kg/plot and 13.5 kg/plot. The test crop used was Amaranthus hybridus. The results obtained from the laboratory were subjected to statistical analysis and the treatment means were separated using Turkey test at 5% probability level. The results showed that the soils of the studied area was sandy loam. There was a significant difference in bulk density when the soil treated with 9.0 kg/plot was compared with 0 kg/plot (zero application) and it ranged from 1.75-1.97 g/cm3 , the total porosity of soil in the studied area was significant when the soils treated with 9.0 kg/plot was compared with 0 kg/plot (zero application) and this ranged from 23.5 - 29.59 %, the moisture content of soil in the studied area was significantly different when soils treated with 9.0 kg/plot was compared with 0 kg/plot (zero application) and it ranged from 1.95- 3.22 %. The aggregate stability of soils in the area studied ranged from 0.37- 0.44 %, hydraulic conductivity of soils in the studied area was in the range of 0.01- 0.05 cm/hr. From this research, it was observed that 13.5 kg/plot of swine wastes applied improved the yield of Amaranthus when compared to other treatment rates

In this paper the influence of process parameters on the material hold-up in a fluidized bed dryer with inert particles was investigated. The experiments were performed in a pilot-scale dryer with a cylindrical column 0.215 m in diameter and 1.2 m height, with glass spheres of diameters dp = 1.20 mm and 1.94 mm as inert particles. The material used for drying was NaHCO3 slurry of two different concentrations, 10 and 20 wt.%. Dynamics of the material hold-up was determined for four different drying temperatures, in the range from 60 to 120°C by taking the samples of coated particles during the drying process and measuring the mass with and without the coated material film. The obtained results showed strong positive dependence of the material hold-up on the initial slurry concentration as well as on the drying temperature. The rate of the material film coating formation is quicker at higher drying temperatures.

The rheological behavior and printing characteristics of the screen-printing slurry for Nd-Fe-B grain boundary diffusion are key factors that determine the quality of printing and magnetic performance. However, few studies have focused on the organic medium, a crucial material for slurry. In this paper, the rheology, thixotropy, and thermal decomposition behavior of the organic vehicle in Nd-Fe-B screen printing slurry were studied. The results show that the organic vehicle formed by terpineol and polyvinyl butyral (PVB) exhibits typical non-Newtonian fluid characteristics, with excellent rheology and thixotropy, ensuring that the slurry prepared from it has excellent static stability and printing consistency. Additionally, the carbon residue of the organic vehicle formed by terpineol and PVB is less than 0.1% at 900 °C, avoiding excessive carbon entering the magnet during the diffusion process. Moreover, studying the rheology and thixotropy of the organic vehicle through a rheometer can quickly screen the slurry system. This work provides valuable guidance for designing an organic vehicle for screen-printing slurry for Nd-Fe-B grain boundary diffusion in future research.

Crop diversification and the reduction of nitrogen (N) inputs are key issues in the EU for more sustainable agriculture. An experiment was set up in a semiarid rainfed Mediterranean system. Our hypothesis was that these challenges could be addressed by introducing new crops and using pig slurries (PSs). The experimental factors were N fertilization at sowing (with or without PS) combined (according to a split-block design) with N fertilization as topdressing (the control, two N mineral rates, and two N rates from PS). Barley, rapeseed, and pea performances were evaluated in two different crop sequences: (i) barley–rapeseed or rapeseed–barley after a fallow season, and (ii) barley–pea or pea–barley after a fallow season followed by a non-fertilized barley crop. The results of the four-year study demonstrated that under a spring drought risk, barley performed better than peas in terms of relative crop yield maintenance. After fallow, N can be saved while maintaining the yields and total biomass of barley and rapeseed. In the second crop sequence, maximum pea and barley yields were associated with a minimum topdressing of 60 or 120 kg mineral N ha−1, respectively. However, slurry fertilization at sowing also allowed the highest yields for barley. Rapeseed and peas can be introduced to reduce N fertilization inputs. However, the obtained yield plateau for pea and rapeseed (3 and 4 Mg ha−1, respectively) and the effect of a yield spring drought on pea yields (50% reduction) might be a constraint for the success of EU policies on crop diversification.

Abstract One of the crucial aspects of reducing air consumption when conveying particles with an airlift pump is to know the factors that affect the process of particle motion at an initial velocity of zero. To determine the influence of submergence ratio and physical properties of particles (such as size, shape, and mass) on the onset of vertical particle motion, the airlift pump was taken as the research object, and spherical glass together with irregular shaped coal were used as experimental test particles. The results show that unlike the water-solid environment, the start of particle motion in the water-air mixture does not always occur at a certain value of superficial water velocity and this value also increases with increasing submergence level. Among the parameters considered, the role of submergence ratio is much more effective than the dimensions and the shape of the particle, because by increasing submergence from 0.3 to 0.8, it is possible to reduce air consumption by up to 8 times. Based on this study the corresponding theoretical model derived by Fujimoto et al. is optimized, wherein the overall agreement between the modified theory and present experimental data is particularly good. Contrary to Fujimoto, the minimum superficial water velocity for lifting solids in the air-water mixture is not always smaller than water ambient which indicates on optimum submergence ratio higher than 0.7. Finally, a new criterion was introduced to describe the moment of onset of the particle motion as a function of the superficial fluid velocity ratio for each submergence value.

Determining the compressibility of slurry with high water contents via self-weight consolidation test usually requires excessive testing time. To overcome such shortcoming, double drainage self-weight sedimentation test (DDSST) is used in this study. The stress equilibrium at the steady state under double drainage condition is analyzed, based on which the relation between effective stress σ′and the distribution of water contents is investigated. Accordingly, the procedure for calculating σ′- e relation with obtained distribution of water contents is presented. To verify the feasibility of determining σ′- e relation of slurry with DDSST, DDSSTs were conducted on two types of slurry. Calculated results according to the given procedure show that, the σ′- e relation obtained via DDSST is basically the same with the one obtained via single drainage self-weight sedimentation test (SDSST), which demonstrate the effectiveness of DDSST in determining the compressibility of slurry. Furthermore, using DDSST rather than SDSST could significantly shorten the testing time and reduce experimental material usage.

The impact of soil fertilization with animal manure on the spread and persistence of antibiotic resistance in the environment is far from being fully understood. To add knowledge about persistence and correlations between antibiotic residues and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in fertilized soil, a longitudinal soil mesocosm study was conducted. Soil samples were collected from the mesocosms immediately before spreading and then afterward at fifteen time points during a 320-day observation period. Eight ARGs (ermB, sul1, tetA, tetG, tetM, cfr, fexA, and optrA) and the class 1 integron-integrase gene, intI1, were determined in both pig slurry and soil, as well as residues of 36 antibiotics. Soil chemical and biochemical parameters were also measured. Twelve antibiotics were detected in the slurry in the range of 3 µg kg−1–3605 µg kg−1, with doxycycline, lincomycin, and tiamulin being the most abundant, whereas ermB, sul1, and tetM were the predominant ARGs. Before spreading, neither antibiotic residues nor ARGs were detectable in the soil; afterwards, their concentrations mirrored those in the slurry, with a gradual decline over the duration of the experiment. After about three months, the effect of the amendment was almost over, and no further evolution was observed.

Energy from biogas is widely available, inexpensive, and often contributes to waste management, making it one of the most promising renewable energy sources. The main factors influencing this process’ efficiency include the substrates’ chemical composition, temperature, and digester load. This paper presents the possibilities offered by a biogas plant built at a farm specialising in dairy cows. The dependence of the power generated in the micro biogas plant on its technical parameters was analysed in detail. Studies carried out by the authors in an agricultural microgas plant (with an electrical output of 40 kW) have shown that they are designed to maintain continuous energy production, despite changing process parameters such as digester mass level, biogas height, temperature or slurry flow into the digester. However, from the point of view of the amount of electricity generated, changes would have to be made to the design of the biogas plant. Firstly, a more powerful generator would have to be installed to cover the electricity requirements of the equipment installed in the biogas plant so that power close to the rated capacity of the biogas plant is still sent to the grid. Secondly, replacing the two existing agitators of the digestion mass (9 kW each) with more agitators of lower power (e.g., four agitators of 4.5 kW each) would be necessary. These should be programmed so that one of the agitators operates at any given time (the operating time of a given agitator should depend on the composition of the digestate).

Ultrasonic treatment has been widely used in the mineral flotation process due to its advantages in terms of operational simplicity, no secondary pollutant formation, and safety. Currently, many studies have reported the effect of ultrasonic treatment on mineral flotation and shown excellent flotation performance. In this review, the ultrasonic mechanisms are classified into three types: the transient cavitation effect, stable cavitation effect, and acoustic radiation force effect. The effect of the main ultrasonic parameters, including ultrasonic power and ultrasonic frequency, on mineral flotation are discussed. This review highlights the uses of the application of ultrasonic treatment in minerals (such as the cleaning effect, ultrasonic corrosion, and desulfuration), flotation agents (such as dispersion and emulsification and change in properties and microstructure of pharmaceutical solution), and slurry (such formation of microbubbles and coalescence). Additionally, this review discusses the challenges and prospects of using ultrasonic approaches for mineral flotation. The findings demonstrate that the application of the ultrasonic effect yields diverse impacts on flotation, thereby enabling the regulation of flotation behavior through various treatment methods to enhance flotation indices and achieve the desired objectives.

Antibiotics in animal production are widely used around the world for therapeutic and preventive purposes, and in some countries, they still serve as antibiotic growth stimulants. Regardless of the purpose of using antibiotics in livestock, they may be present in animal tissues and organs as well as in body fluids and excretions (feces and urine). Farm animal excrement in unprocessed form (natural fertilizers) or processed form (organic fertilizers) is applied to agricultural fields because it improves soil fertility. Antibiotics present in fertilizers may therefore contaminate the soil, surface, groundwater, and plants, which may pose a threat to the environment, animals, and humans. Therefore, it is important to develop analytical methods that will allow for the control of the presence of antibacterial substances in natural and organic fertilizers. Therefore, in this study, an LC-MS/MS method was developed and validated for the determination of 21 antibacterial substances in natural and organic liquid fertilizers. The developed method was used to analyze 62 samples of natural and organic liquid fertilizers, showing that over 24% of the tested samples were contaminated with antibiotics, mainly from the group of tetracyclines and fluoroquinolones. Studies of post-fermentation sludge from biogas plants have shown that the processes of anaerobic methane fermentation, pH, and temperature changes taking place in bioreactors do not lead to the complete degradation of antibiotics present in the material used for biogas production. For this reason, monitoring studies of natural and organic fertilizers should be undertaken to limit the introduction of antibiotics into the natural environment.

Vat Photopolymerization (VP) is a 3D printing process to fabricate delicate and precise ceramic parts. LCD VP is one of the most economical 3D printing processes and is less explored for ceramic materials. This work investigated the feasibility of consolidating alumina slurry (45 vol %) using an LCD-based resin 3D printer. Results show that a lower exposure time is better for building a multilayer part than a higher exposure time to avoid scattering and delamination. However, higher exposure time is required to bond the initial layers with the build platform. Fine features, such as holes lesser than 3 mm, were not possible to print due to the scattering of the light. A heating rate of 0.1 °C/min is preferable for crack-free debinding. The final sintered part showed sintering shrinkage of 25% in the x-y direction and 30% in the z-direction with a sintered density of 94%.

Coal is the main energy source in China, which is also an important guarantee for the safety and stability of the national power supply as well as economic development. However, the coal combustion process for power generation will produce a large amount of fly ash, and the long-term piling of fly ash solid waste will seriously pollute the soil, water, atmosphere, and ecological environment, on the contrary, the fly ash can be used as a raw material for the prevention and control of coal spontaneous combustion disasters in mines. However, the current application of fly ash in the field of mine fire prevention was certainly limited, such as small amount of scattered utilization, low technical content, low added value, etc. The current scale of harmless pre-treatment and fire prevention and utilization of fly ash is still unable to meet the requirements of the national “carbon peaking and carbon neutrality” target for solid waste resource utilization and green mine construction. For further promote the efficient, high-value, and large-scale utilization of fly ash to realize the rapid development of fly ash-based fire prevention materials and technologies, this paper summarizes the principle, classification, latest development, and application effects of fly ash slurry, fly ash gel, fly ash foam and other fire prevention technologies. Based on the above analysis, this paper condenses three key problems that need to be solved, such as the separation of hazardous substances and valuable components in fly ash solid waste, the precipitation and plugging of pipes during long-distance transportation of highly concentrated fly ash slurry, and the law of seepage and accumulation of fly ash-based fire prevention materials in the goaf. In order to improve the effectiveness of fly ash solid waste in preventing spontaneous combustion of coal and to meet the national requirements for green mines as well as intelligent mine construction under the “carbon neutrality and emission peak” target, this paper proposes the development direction of “Long-lasting for fire prevention-Synergistic carbon sequestration – Intelligent control” for fly ash solid waste in the field of fire prevention technology. Future research will focus on the low-cost and long-lasting fire prevention fly ash solid waste-based materials, integrated fly ash fire prevention technology with mineralized CO2 sequestration and fire prevention, and intelligent fly ash fire prevention material application systems, which will promote the high-value and large-scale reuse of fly ash waste in the field of fire prevention, finally improving the efficiency of preventing and controlling of spontaneous combustion disasters in coal mines, and ensuring the safe and efficient mining.

In this study, liquid fermented wastes from 15 licensed biogas plants located within different regions of Türkiye were determined and the parameters that are important to waste management evaluations were revealed. Accordingly, some physical, chemical, and biological analyses include moisture, dry matter (DM), organic matter (OM), pH, EC, total N, P, K, Salmonella, Escherichia coli, E.coli O157:H7, and Enterobacteria were conducted. Spearman’s correlation analysis was conducted to determine the relationship among the results, and a regression analysis was conducted to reveal the effect of the results on each other. In the wastes, DM values were between 0.53-9.71%, OM values were between 0.53-7.76%, N contents were between 0.10-0.74%, P contents were between 0.04-0.22%, K contents were between 0.15-0.56%, EC values were between 1.50-6.51 dSm-1, B contents were between 16.96-34.63 mg kg-1, and Na contents were between 0.11-0.40%. A correlation analysis was conducted to reveal the relationship of OM and DM to other parameters. OM content had a significant correlation with N (73.9%), P (80.4%9, Fe (71.4%), Mn (75.7%), EC (53.2%), K (60.7%), and Mg at 72.1%. The DM contents had a significant correlation with N (68.2%), P (95.4%), Cu (60.0%), Fe (88.2%), Mn (94.3%), Zn (67.5%), EC (76.1%), K (81.4%), and Mg at 83.9%. A significant regression model and the variances of DM and OM variables were 37.8 and 24.8% for N (%), 61.7 and 31.5% for P (%), 53.9 and 22.4% for K (%), 46.6 and 23.8% for Ca (%), and 70.0 and 45.7% for Mg (%), respectively. Finally, these observations should be used to demonstrate the usability of liquid fermented wastes for agricultural purposes.

Digestive slurry normally contains various nutrient ions with high concentrations, including NH4+, PO43-, K+, Mg2+, Ca2+ and SO42-, which is a resource pool for nutrient recovery. In this study, a synchronously cationic and anionic selective electrodialysis (SCAE) was developed to recover anionic and cationic nutrient ions. Results showed that SCAE could synchronously recover more than 85.0%, 90.2% and 97.8% of PO43−, SO42- and other cations (including NH4+, K+, Ca2+, Mg2+) from the simulated digestive slurry, respectively. The ionic permeation sequence, NH4+ > K+ > Ca2+ > Mg2+ for cations, and SO42− > PO43− for anions, was affected by hydrated radius and hydration numbers, and did not alter despite the variation in electric field. High electrolyte concentration in the product streams would promote the recovery efficiency of both divalent cations and anions due to the ionic replacement effect and the demand for charge neutrality. Under continuous operation, the maximum concentrations of PO43−, SO42−, Mg2+, Ca2+, NH4+ and K+ in product streams reached 231.9, 496.6, 180.7, 604.3, 9,648.4 and 4,571.4 mg·L−1, respectively. By directly mixing different streams, the feasibility of producing mineral fertilizers without dosing externally precipitating chemicals was proved. Struvite, NH4HSO4 and potassium chloride minerals were produced successfully. The outcome provided an optional method for nutrient recovery from wastewater. HIGHLIGHTS A SCAE system was developed for recovering different nutrient ions synchronously.; Ion migration sequence was determined by the hydrated radius and hydration numbers.; The product streams were mixed to manufacture fertilizers without dosing chemicals.; Higher batch number would increase the recovery efficiency of phosphate and sulfate.;

Sara Moradi Tuchayi,1 Ying Wang,1 Isaac J Pence,1 Alex Fast,1 Anat Stemmer-Rachamimov,2 Conor L Evans,1 R Rox Anderson,1 Lilit Garibyan1 1Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; 2Massachusetts General Hospital and Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USACorrespondence: Lilit Garibyan, Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 50 Blossom Street-Thier 2, Boston, MA, 02114, USA, Tel +1 617-726-2005, Email lgaribyan@mgh.harvard.eduBackground: Cryoneurolysis uses tissue cooling as an opioid-sparing, long-lasting treatment for peripheral nerve pain. A nerve-selective method for cryoneurolysis by local injection of ice-slurry was developed to allow cryoneurolysis to be performed with a standard needle and syringe, similar to peripheral nerve blocks. Since the treatment of patients with chronic pain may require repeated injections, we investigated the safety and tolerance of repeated treatments in a rat model.Methods: Three repeated ice-slurry treatments, given 6 weeks apart were performed around the rat sciatic nerve. Nerve and surrounding tissues were collected up to 4 months after the third treatment for analysis. Coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) microscopy was used to study effects on myelin sheaths and axon structure. Immunofluorescence (IF) staining was used to study effects on axon density. Hematoxylin and Eosin (H&E) staining was used to examine histologic effects on sciatic nerve and surrounding tissue.Results: Histologic and CARS image analysis of nerve tissue collected months after three injections demonstrated recovery of nerve structure, myelin organization and axon density to baseline levels, without any residual inflammation, scarring or neuroma formation. No inflammation or scarring was detected in surrounding skin and muscle tissues.Conclusion: Repeated ice-slurry injections cause temporary, nerve-selective and reversible changes in the peripheral nerve. There was no histologic damage to surrounding skin and muscle tissues. Repeated treatments with injectable ice-slurry for cryoneurolysis appear to be safe and well tolerated. Clinical studies for patients with chronic pain are warranted.Keywords: pain treatment, slurry, cooling, multiple treatments

为了探究葵花籽油体富集物在冰淇淋中应用的可行性，以葵花籽油体富集物作为脂肪来源制备低脂冰淇淋，在无均质条件下研究葵花籽油体富集物添加量对低脂冰淇淋浆料和产品品质的影响。结果表明：冰淇淋浆料的黏度、储能模量和损耗模量都随葵花籽油体富集物添加量的增加而增大，当葵花籽油体富集物添加量为3.5%～4.0%时黏度与对照组相当；浆料中不易流动水和结合水的比例随着葵花籽油体富集物添加量的增加逐渐增大,在4.0%时达到最大；冰淇淋的膨胀率和抗融率随着葵花籽油体富集物添加量的增加先增大后减小；添加葵花籽油体富集物的冰淇淋色泽较差；冰淇淋的硬度和咀嚼性变化规律一致，都是随着葵花籽油体富集物添加量的增大呈现先减小后增大的趋势，弹性变化则相反;冰淇淋黏附性随着葵花籽油体富集物添加量的增加而升高；葵花籽油体富集物添加量为2.5%时冰淇淋感官评分最高。合适的葵花籽油体富集物添加量可以起到与棕榈油相似的效果，因此葵花籽油体富集物可以应用在冰淇淋中。In order to investigate the feasibility of using sunflower seed oil body enrichment in ice cream,low fat ice cream was prepared with sunflower seed oil body enrichment as the fat under the condition of non-homogenization. The effect of the dosage of the oil body enrichment on the quality of low fat ice cream slurry and product was explored. The results showed that the viscosity, storage modulus and loss modulus of ice cream slurry increased with the increase of the oil body enrichment dosage. When the dosage of oil body enrichment was 3.5%- 4.0%, the viscosity was equivalent to that of the control group. The proportion of non-flowing water and bound water in the slurry increased gradually with the increase of the dosage of oil body enrichment, reaching the maximum at 4.0%. The expansion rate and anti-melting rate of ice cream products first increased and then decreased as the increase of the oil body enrichment dosage. The color of ice cream with sunflower seed oil body enrichment was poor. The hardness and chewability of ice cream showed the same change law, which first decreased and then increased with the increase of the oil body enrichment dosage,while the elasticity changed in the opposite direction. The adhesion of ice cream increased with the increase of the oil body enrichment dosage. The sensory score of ice cream was the highest when the dosage of oil body enrichment was 2.5%. The appropriate dosage of sunflower seed oil body enrichment can produce a similar effect as palm oil, and sunflower seed oil body enrichment can be applied in ice cream.

The bearing capacity of shallow foundations on soft soils can generally be estimated based on Local Shear Failure (Terzaghi theory). Several researchers previously stated that the installation of micro-piles on the failure area (slide) can increase the shear strength of the soil. This can be followed up by providing micro-pile reinforcement to prevent lateral soil movement. Therefore, this research was conducted to increase the bearing capacity of shallow foundations on medium-consistency soft clay soils that have been reinforced with micro piles. The research was conducted using modeling in the laboratory with a scale of 1:30. The soil sample used was kaolin clay made from slurry made from kaolin powder with a water content (wc = 1.77 LL), liquid limit (LL = 62.35%) and sample diameter (d = 33 cm). The slurry was formed by compacting at a medium consistency level with an undrained cohesion value (cu = 0.397 kg cm-2). The micro-pile material in the form of apus bamboo was installed, varying in diameter (d) 0.2 cm (0.027 B), 0.3 cm (0.04 B), and 0.5 cm (0.07 B); sum (n) 4, 9, 16, and 25; and length (L) 10 cm (1.33B), 13 cm (1.73B), and 16 cm (2.13B) micro-piles. While the foundation model uses a squarefoundation B x B with B = 7.5 cm. The tests were carried out before and after the micro-piles were reinforced with a soil shear failure test. The results showed that a decrease of 0.1B caused an increase in the ultimate bearing capacity of the micro-pile (qult-empirical, 0.1B) from the ultimate bearing capacity before installing the micro-pile. This value is then used to determine the ultimate bearing capacity ratio so that Rq,0.1B = qult-empirical,0.1B/qult-Terzaghi with the optimum bearing capacity ratio occurring at Rq,0.1B with n3 = 16, d2 = 0.04B, L2 = 1.73B.

This study explores special cement slurry design consideration for high temperature and pressure gas wells. Seven different materials were used as additives which includes: fresh water, dyckerhoff, silica flour, antifoam, extender, fluid loss, dispersant, retarder, anti-settling agent, gas control agent, dry viscosifier, potassium chloride and accelerator. Four recipes were prepared using these additives in different mixtures. Recipe four has all the additives. A series of flow tests was performed using an advanced shear-stress/shear strain controlled rheometer. Rheological properties of cement slurries were calculated from the resulting flow curves using the Bingham plastic model and the Herschel–Bulkley’s model. Changes in shear stress–shear rate relationships, yield stress, plastic viscosity, and shear thinning/thickening behavior were found to be related to temperature and the type and dosage of supplementary cementitious material. The four recipes were applied in 10 cases. Among the four different recipes tested for all the 10 cases, recipe 1 gave a regression value of 52.19% correctness, 65.43% correctness for recipe 2, 23.72% for recipe 3 and 96.58% correctness for recipe 4. Recipe 4 has the best regression values for both temperature vs transit time and pressure vs transit time this can be accounted for the presence of both silica flour and potassium chloride salt.

The mixing process is the basis of the electrode microstructure, which defines key cell performance indicators. This work investigated the effects of varying the energy input within the mixing procedure on slurry rheology, coating behavior, mechanical and electrical properties of dry electrodes and electrochemical performance of cells fabricated from these negative electrodes. Energy input differences were achieved by varying the solids content within the mixing procedure; however, the final total solids content of the slurries was always the same. The slurries, produced with graphite and silicon oxide as active materials and carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) and styrene-butadiene rubber as binders, showed large differences in flow behavior which were explained by changes in CMC adsorption and mechanical degradation because of increasing energy input. Low shear viscosity and the degree of shear thinning decreased with increasing energy input, resulting in a narrower stability window for slot-die coating. The resistance between the electrode and current collector decreased as more CMC was adsorbed on the active material. Electrode adhesion drastically dropped at the highest energy input, presumably due to a change in SBR distribution. Despite these variations, all fabricated pouch cells demonstrated excellent electrochemical performance and a slight trend of increased charge capability was observed in cells prepared with higher energy input.

Abstract The 6.7 M w Eastern Iburi earthquake of 6 September 2018 triggered destructive landslides in southern Hokkaido, Japan, many of which were characterized by the flow-like downslope movement of volcanic soils formed from weathered tephra containing halloysite. This study aims to elucidate the mechanism of landslide generation through rheological characterization of halloysite soil slurries. The examined slurries were prepared from either oven-dried or moist soil. Both slurries showed a power-law correlation between measured yield stress and moisture content. However, at a given water content, slurry made from dried soil showed stresses that are one-to-two orders of magnitude lower than those of slurry made from moist soil. Compared with the measurements for the slurry of dried soil, those for the slurry of moist soil are closer to prior numerical modeling of a specific landslide, indicating that the soils involved were moist. The yield stress also varied with slurry pH, generally increasing with decreasing pH, which is in part explained by the DLVO force model based on the electrical double layer and van der Waals forces between the colloidal particles. The pH dependence is more prominent in the slurry of moist soil, and thus the mechanical state of the slope appears to vary significantly with rainfall-induced changes in subsurface chemistry. Dynamic viscoelasticity measurement indicated that both initially solid-like slurries can become fluid under an applied oscillatory strain of 0.5 to 10 Hz: the susceptibility to fluidization depends greatly on water content and frequency. The ground motion during the earthquake easily fluidized the slurry, indicating this was a factor contributing to the observed flow-like landslides. Graphical Abstract

Slurry-infiltrated fibrous concrete (SIFCON) is a special type of concrete that has great strength, as well as high ductility. However, the unit weight is high, which exceeds the unit weight of fiber-reinforced concrete, because of the high fiber content. This research aims to verify the compressive and flexural strength, as well as the density of SIFCON when using two different fibers (steel and polyolefin). Sometimes mono type of fiber steel or polyolefin, sometimes by hybridizing two types of fiber steel + polyplefin. Volume fraction (6% for all species) was used. Hook-end steel fiber and polyolefin fiber are used. With hybridization, a total volume fraction of 6% was used, which is 2/3 steel fibers with 1/3 polyolefin and vice versa. In addition, silica fume replaced 10% of the weight of cement. After checking all the results, the highest compressive strength was achieved in the SNS (symbol of mix SIFCON with 6% steel fiber) series by 81 MPa, as well as the highest flexural strength by 23 MPa, but it was the highest density of 2,490 kg/m3. The series contained 2/3 polyolefin and 1/3 steel fibers, which are ideal as they significantly reduced the density of the steel fiber series 2,490–2,210 kg/m3, as well as there was no significant reduction in strength as it achieved 67 MPa in the compressive strength and 19 MPa in the flexural strength, which are values suitable for high SIFCON applications.

In the evaluation of concrete sustainability, what constitutes "sustainable" to one region may vary from another. This often leads to methodological forms of uncertainties that makes the evaluation process more complex. As such, this paper aims to quantify the effect of uncertainties in the regional context on the sustainability evaluation of concrete materials. This is carried out by quantifying the regional context through establishing a weighting scheme and then integrating the obtained weights into the sustainability analysis of concrete materials in tandem with uncertainty analysis. Japan is used as a case study because although it relatively appears as a homogeneous country, its prefectures possess unique characteristics that may make the sustainability evaluation of concrete materials vary across prefectures. Cluster analysis is carried out in the 47 prefectures of Japan using a set of regional context indicators. Five clusters are identified with varying characteristics and these are translated into different weighting schemes. The established weights are used in the sustainability evaluation of concrete materials using multi-criteria decision-making analysis. The results showed that one mix is the most sustainable for four of the clusters and a different mix is the most sustainable for the remaining cluster. When uncertainty analysis is conducted, the effect of the weights in the sustainability evaluation is explained by examining the average scores of the concrete mixes and the variance of the scores across the five clusters. This investigation facilitated the understanding of how regional differences and the uncertainties associated with it impact the evaluation of concrete sustainability.

The living environment distress is connected currently not only with industrial production but also agriculture is biggest producer of toxic gas – ammonia (NH3) .Emissions of that gas originate mainly in the farm animals breeding and generate within storage and handling with farmyard manure, slurry, poultry excrements and litter. Agriculture influences considerably landscape. has impact on basic effect on soil, water and air. In assessing experiment the preparation Biopolym FZT rumen metabolism and N-balance was found positive effects in terms of increased ammonia nitrogen, the number of ciliates and the reduction of N-compounds in feces. Confirmed the impact on the ammonia content in well-ventilated dairy stable. The economic evaluation depends on the exercise price of milk. In the experiments continued.

The living environment distress is connected currently not only with industrial production but also agriculture is biggest producer of toxic gas – ammonia (NH3) .Emissions of that gas originate mainly in the farm animals breeding and generate within storage and handling with farmyard manure, slurry, poultry excrements and litter. Agriculture influences considerably the landscape. It has impact on basic effect on soil, water and air. In assessing experiment the preparation Biopolym Granulat rumen metabolism and N-balance was found positive effects in terms of increased ammonia nitrogen, the number of ciliates and the reduction of N-compounds in feces. It was confirmed the impact on the ammonia content in well-ventilated dairy stable. The economic evaluation depends on the exercise price of milk.

Applying manure to pasture fields is a very common method of fertilization. However, rainfall can cause the manure to leach into water bodies near the field, contaminating the water and damaging the environment and the animals living in it, ultimately affecting human life. This paper presents a dataset consisting of images of 30 plots after manure application, verified by on-site investigations. This involved visiting 38 different plots, of which 8 were discarded because they were not suitable, either because of their small size, the lack of a specific manure application date, or the images being too cloudy in that period. The imagery is collected through Google Earth Engine using the satellite Sentinel-2, which offers 13 hyperspectral bands in the range of ultraviolet and near-infrared wavelengths including the visible spectrum. From these 13 bands, the most common hyperspectral indices in the literature for precision agriculture are calculated and added into the images as channels. 51 hyperspectral indices are calculated, summing up to a total of 64 channels per image when adding the raw bands from Sentinel-2. No normalization has been performed on any of the channels. The data can be used for further research of automatic classification of manure application to control its use and prevent contamination.

Due to increase in demand our conventional resources are insufficient to fulfill the world energy demand. Renewable techniques are extremely economical due to converting useless waste into energy. To achieve that purpose anaerobic digestion was performed on banana peels with co digested with biogas slurry. Input feedstock to anaerobic plant was banana peels which already passed through four pretreatments such as, glycerol, sodium hydroxide, calcium hydroxide and acetic acid at variable conditions. Glycerol treatment give most efficient results due to more removal of lignin up to 87%. Anaerobic digestion is completely environmental friendly with no carbon dioxide emission and due to benefits it can adopted more in future on industrial and domestic scale. 6 liter capacity tank was installed at 4 liter with 10% TS level to giving space at top for biogas production. Trails was performed at two temperature 37°C and 55°C but more biogas produced at 55 °C with retention time period of eighteen days. In slurry tank manually stirring was provided and produced gas was calculated through water displacement method. This study help to decrease city waste by installing anaerobic plants. In that way we can achieve sustainability and waste can also be controlled.

Organic fertilizer can yield higher production compared to regular fertilizer if properly applied. Thus, it can be a solution to improve nutrient content of soil. The biggest source of bio slurry in plantation is from Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) and cow dung biogas. This research aimed to analyze the residue’s potential from the result of biogas processing and bio slurry from POME as slow-release fertilizer pellet. Bio slurry was processed into pellet through densification process using pellet mill. The research was arranged in a Randomized Block Design method with five slurry compositions as treatments, including 70:30, 60:40, 50:50, 40:60, and 30:70 (ratio of biogas slurry and POME slurry), each consisted of three replications. According to the data obtained, fertilizer pellets had characteristics of 25 – 29 mm of length, 5.23 – 5.85 mm of diameter, 0.44 – 0.53 g/cm3 of density, 54.78% - 81.96% of durability, and 7.81% - 8.57% of moisture content. Based on density and durability aspects, 30:70 composition was the higher. Macronutrient content of the five compositions were 1.88% - 2.72%, in which on day 22, N, P, and K release was 0.36 – 1.01%, 73.51 – 97.48%, and 3.19 – 7.85%, respectively. Meanwhile, on day 17, the nutrition solution conductivity of all compositions had already reached 0.80 – 1 mS/cm.

Waste from dairy production is one of the largest sources of contamination from antimicrobial resistant bacteria (ARB) and genes (ARGs) in many parts of the world. However, studies to date do not provide necessary evidence to inform antimicrobial resistance (AMR) countermeasures. We undertook a detailed, interdisciplinary, longitudinal analysis of dairy slurry waste. The slurry contained a population of ARB and ARGs, with resistances to current, historical and never-used on-farm antibiotics; resistances were associated with Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria and mobile elements (ISEcp1, Tn916, Tn21-family transposons). Modelling and experimental work suggested that these populations are in dynamic equilibrium, with microbial death balanced by fresh input. Consequently, storing slurry without further waste input for at least 60 days was predicted to reduce ARB spread onto land, with > 99 % reduction in cephalosporin resistant Escherichia coli. The model also indicated that for farms with low antibiotic use, further reductions are unlikely to reduce AMR further. We conclude that the slurry tank is a critical point for measurement and control of AMR, and that actions to limit the spread of AMR from dairy waste should combine responsible antibiotic use, including low total quantity, avoidance of human critical antibiotics, and choosing antibiotics with shorter half-lives, coupled with appropriate slurry storage.

In the presented study, data regarding the size and structure of cattle herds in voivodeships in Poland in 2019 were analysed and modelled using artificial neural networks (ANNs). The neural modelling approach was employed to identify the relationship between herd structure, biogas production from manure and slurry, and the geographical location of herds by voivodeship. The voivodeships were categorised into four groups based on their location within Poland: central, southern, eastern, and western. In each of the analysed groups, a three-layer MLP (multilayer perceptron) with a single hidden layer was found to be the optimal network structure. A sensitivity analysis of the generated models for herd structure and location within the eastern group of voivodeships revealed significant contributions from dairy cows, heifers (both 6–12 and 12–18 months old), calves, and bulls aged 12–24 months. For the western voivodeships, the analysis indicated that only dairy cows and herd location made significant contributions. The optimal models exhibited similar values of RMS errors for the training, testing, and validation datasets. The model characterising biogas production from manure in southern voivodeships demonstrated the smallest RMS error, while the model for biogas from manure in the eastern region, as well as the model for slurry in central parts of Poland, yielded the highest RMS errors. The generated ANN models exhibited a high level of accuracy, with a fitting quality of approximately 99% for correctly predicting values. Comparable results were obtained for both manure and slurry in terms of biogas production across all location groups.

The effect of coal hydrophilic particles in water-glycerol drops on the maximum diameter of spreading along a hydrophobic solid surface is experimentally studied by analyzing the velocity of internal flows by Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV). The grinding fineness of coal particles was 45–80 μm and 120–140 μm. Their concentration was 0.06 wt.% and 1 wt.%. The impact of particle-laden drops on a solid surface occurred at Weber numbers (We) from 30 to 120. It revealed the interrelated influence of We and the concentration of coal particles on changes in the maximum absolute velocity of internal flows in a drop within the kinetic and spreading phases of the drop-wall impact. It is explored the behavior of internal convective flows in the longitudinal section of a drop parallel to the plane of the solid wall. The kinetic energy of the translational motion of coal particles in a spreading drop compensates for the energy expended by the drop on sliding friction along the wall. At We = 120, the inertia-driven spreading of the particle-laden drop is mainly determined by the dynamics of the deformable Taylor rim. An increase in We contributes to more noticeable differences in the convection velocities in spreading drops. When the drop spreading diameter rises at the maximum velocity of internal flows, a growth of the maximum spreading diameter occurs. The presence of coal particles causes a general tendency to reduce drop spreading.

Diamond needs to have a perfectly smooth surface due to the growing requirements in the fields of electronic semiconductors, optical windows and high-fidelity loudspeakers. However, the polishing of diamonds is highly challenging due to their exceptional hardness and chemical stability. In this study, a new polishing slurry is prepared for the proposed photocatalysis-assisted chemical mechanical polishing (PCMP) approach to obtain an ultra-smooth surface for large-area diamond. The analyses and experimental findings revealed the significance of the photocatalyst, abrasive, electron capture agent and pH regulator as essential components of the PCMP slurry. TiO2 with a 5 nm pore size and P25 TiO2 possess improved photocatalysis efficiency. Moreover, diamond removal is smooth under the acidic environment of H3PO4 due to the high oxidation–reduction potential (ORP) of the slurry, and, during the methyl orange test, P25 TiO2 exhibits reasonable photocatalytic effects. Moreover, in 8 h, a smooth surface free of mechanical scratches can be obtained by reducing the surface roughness from Ra 33.6 nm to Ra 2.6 nm.

Animal biomass is an important substrate in the anaerobic digestion process. The implementation of a waste technology for energy production, such as the production of biogas from animal waste, has been recognized in many countries as one of the best ways to achieve the Sustainable Energy Development Goals. Without a systematic review of resources and accurate estimation of available sources in terms of the amount of potential electricity, it is impossible to manage biomass rationally. The main aim of the article was to present a new tool for assessing the biomass of animal origin and estimating its potential energy through a computer database, which will be widely available in the end of 2020 to show results from the calculation using the database. This tool is configured to enter the data on the developed and undeveloped biomass resources in production of farm animals in rural areas in Poland. Calculations from the database show the biogas potential of swine and cattle manure and slurry in Poland, which is approximately 5.04 billion m3, with a 60% share of methane in biogas. It is the value of approximately 3.03 billion m3 of methane. It is worth underlining that slurry and manure are not high-energy substrates; therefore, it is necessary to introduce more energetic substrate streams to improve the biogas plant efficiency.

The ever-increasing demand for energy has stimulated the development of economical non-fossil fuels. As representative of clean energy, solar and wind have been identified as the most promising energy sources due to their abundance, cost efficiency, and environmental friendliness. The intrinsic intermittent of the clean energy leads to the urgent requirements large-scale energy storage technique. Redox flow batteries (RFBs) are attractive technology due to their independent control over energy and power. Insoluble redox-active flow battery is a new type of electrochemical energy storage technology that disperses redox-active particles in the electrolyte. Compared with traditional flow batteries, insoluble flow batteries have advantages of large energy density and are very promising in the development of large-scale energy storage systems. At present, three types of insoluble flow batteries have been explored: slurry-based flow batteries, metal/slurry hybrid, and redox-mediator-assisted flow batteries. This Review summarizes the research progress of insoluble flow batteries, and analyzes the key challenges from the fundamental research and practical application perspectives.

Sulfur nutrition is a crucial part of proper crop growth. In this study, we investigated the influence of organic fertilizers in a long-term field experiment (23 years) with continuous maize monoculture. We focused on: (a) changes in the soil sulfur fraction pools, (b) the balance of total sulfur inputs and outputs, and (c) sulfur uptake by maize. The following treatments were selected: unfertilized control (Control), urea and ammonium nitrate (UAN), UAN and wheat straw (UAN + St), sewage sludge (SS), farmyard manure (FYM), and slurry (Slurry). Using sequential extraction, we determined water-soluble (SW—in water), adsorbed (Sads—in 0.032 mol L−1 NaH2PO4), and available (Sav = SW + Sads) sulfur content. Microwave-assisted digestion in an Aqua regia solution was used to measure the pseudo-total sulfur content (Spt). Organic-bound sulfur (Sorg) was calculated as a difference between Spt and Sav. We found that average biomass yields responded to a uniform 120 kg N ha−1 year−1 dose, rather than the dose of S in fertilizers, with an increase over the Control by 34–49%. The effect of an additional 33.5 kg N ha−1 year−1 on UAN + St treatment was not significant. Average sulfur uptake responded to increased yields (69-121% higher than Control), rather than the sulfur application, with the exception of SS, where the dose of sulfur was high enough to cause an additional uptake. In the topsoil, we discovered a significant decrease over time (from 1997 to 2019) in water-soluble (SW), adsorbed (Sads), available (Sav), and pseudo-total (Spt) fractions on all treatments to 29, 59, 37, and 82% of their initial values, respectively. For all treatments, the proportion of Sorg in Spt increased over time, which was caused by the decrease in mineral fractions (SW, Sads, Sav). The absolute content of Sorg decreased over time for all treatments except SS and FYM to about 85% of the initial value. Using the simple balancing method, we calculated that UAN + St, SS, FYM, and Slurry treatments annually lost 8.04, 66.1, 21.4, and 26.8 kg of S ha−1, respectively. This loss was attributed to the decrease in atmospheric depositions, as well as the release of sulfur from soil organic matter (for UAN + St and Slurry treatments) and a high proportion of easily mineralizable and inorganic sulfur from the SS treatment. Generally, the FYM fertilizer provided the highest potential for maintaining soil Spt status.

The flours from pigmented and glutinous rice have a great potential to increase the nutritional quality of gluten-free breads. The characteristics of whole-meal fine flours, slurries, doughs, and breads prepared from black, red, and white glutinous rice were, therefore, compared with commercially used refined fine and semi-coarse white rice flours. The pasting properties of different flours were strongly influenced by the type of rice they were made from. Slurries with red and glutinous flours exhibited a shift to a lower pasting temperature T0, lower values of ηPeak and ηFinal, as well as higher values of the breakdown and setback region than the slurries with refined flours. The slurry with black flour exhibited high values of viscosity η0 and breakdown, together with low values of ηFinal, setback region and total setback. Bread characteristics were strongly correlated with the pasting properties. The presence of bran particles did not negatively impact loaf volume, crumb hardness, springiness, and chewiness. Some defects were observed in glutinous and red rice bread. Fine flour exhibited better baking performance than semi-coarse flour. Glutinous flour has the potential to become an ingredient in gluten-free baking. The applicability of various black and red rice flours may be limited by the flavor and the taste.

We quantified seasonal nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions and the associated emission factors (EFs) from: (i) winter oilseed rape (WOSR) cultivated under conventional tillage (CT) and strip tillage (ST) at four fertilizer rates (0, 160, 240 and 320 kg N ha−1) in 2014/2015, and (ii) grassland plots receiving no fertilizer (0 kg N ha−1), or mineral nitrogen (67 kg N ha−1), and either cattle or pig slurry (50, 100 and 200 m3 ha−1). Greater fluxes were observed at higher soil temperatures and a higher water filled pore space, suggesting that denitrification was the main source of N2O-N from the applied fertilizer/slurry. For WOSR, the N2O EFs ranged from 0.03 to 1.20% with no effect of the cultivation practice on EFs for equal rates of nitrogen fertilizer. Lower EF values were linked to differences in plant growth at individual sites rather than a specific management effect. For the grassland, the N2O EFs were highly variable, ranging from −0.70 to 0.49%, but were generally the highest in treatments receiving the highest concentrations of slurry. The EF values for WOSR illustrates that the Tier 1 approach for calculating EFs may be inadequate and the identification of site-specific effects can aid in refining N2O EF inventories. For the grassland plots all the EFs were significantly lower than the IPCC default values. Although the reason(s) for the low EFs with slurry amendments on grassland is not known, ammonia volatilization could decrease the pool of inorganic N that is available to nitrifying bacteria thereby lowering N2O fluxes.

Changes in product production are limited by high costs in infrastructure, procedures, reformulations and / or substitution of raw materials. Therefore, it is necessary to develop and innovate technologies that minimize impacts, without damaging product quality standards. In paint formulations, the dispersion process is of vital importance, which is why this research evaluated the possibility of implementing the technique slurry and pigment concentrate in the traditional way of manufacturing latex-type paints of the premium line (satin and exterior), and partially eliminate the dispersion stage, maintaining the physicochemical characteristics according to Venezuelan COVENIN standards. For this, three types of slurries were used; I: Aqueous dispersion of calcium carbonate (CaCO3), magnesium silicate (MgSiO3) and Kaolin (Al2Si2O5 (OH)4), II: Aqueous dispersion of CaCO3, III: Aqueous dispersion of CaCO3 and Kaolin. Likewise, in the pigment concentrates, two types of aqueous dispersion of titanium dioxide (TiO2) of medium and high dispersibility were used. As a result, there were no significant variations in terms of the quality characteristics of the paints obtained through the process by slurry and pigment concentrate with respect to the traditional manufacturing process. In addition, a reduction of 102 minutes was achieved on the global manufacturing time, since the previous dispersion of the pigments and extenders present in the pigment concentrates and slurries was used, thus eliminating one of the four stages of the manufacturing process of the lines (scattering stage). With the use of slurries and pigment concentrates, it was possible to increase productivity by 31.20 %, becoming an alternative for paint manufacturers, without investing in new equipment.

This study investigated the survival of Salmonella Senftenberg, Escherichia coli O157:H7, Listeria monocytogenes, Enterococcus faecalis and Clostridium sporogenes in sandy and clay loam textured soils when applied in bovine slurry or unpasteurised digestate, using laboratory based inoculation studies. The run-off rate for a test bacterium, Listeria innocua, when applied to grass in slurry and digestate, was also examined using field studies. Bovine slurry and digestate were inoculated with the target bacteria to a final concentration of 106 log10 cfu/g or spores/g, thoroughly mixed into soil samples and incubated at 4°C or 14°C. Samples were removed periodically and the surviving cells enumerated using AOAC or equivalent methods. The loss of viability/culturability phase followed first order kinetics and T90 values ranged from 11.9 to 166.7 d at 4°C and from 6.0 to 156 d at 14°C. With the exception of E. coli O157:H7 and E. faecalis in sandy loam textured soil at 14°C (T90 values were significantly (P < 0.05) higher in slurry) the type of soil texture or application material (slurry or digestate) did not affect survival rates. In the field study, 12 grass covered micro-plots were prepared. L. innocua was applied in digestate and bovine slurry and rainfall was simulated at a target rate of ~11 mm per plot per h−1. Rainfall simulation (30 min) took place after 24, 48 h, 14 d and 30 d. Run-off samples were tested for the L. innocua strain using Brilliance Listeria agar supplemented with streptomycin sulphate (1,000 μg/ml) at 37°C for 48 h, as were soil samples after 30, 58, 86 and 112 d. Significantly (P < 0.05) lower counts were obtained in the run-off from digestate after 1, 2 and 30 d as compared to slurry. It was concluded that the type of organic fertiliser does not affect the bacterial survival rates in sandy and clay soils, with the exception of E. coli O157:H7 and E. faecalis in sandy loam textured soil at 14°C. Furthermore, bacteria may be retained better in the soil-digestate matrices during rainfall although additional research is required to further validate and provide the scientific basis for this observation.

Dispersibility and agglomeration of particles in a highly concentrated slurry are important factors in ceramic colloidal processing. In this study, the particles in a transparent slurry, prepared using silica particles and glycerol solution as a model, and their deflocculation under an applied startup shear flow were directly observed using a confocal laser scanning fluorescent microscope. The dispersibility of the particles was changed using additives and was evaluated by studying the rheology and measuring the interaction force between two particles using a scanning probe microscope. A slurry concentrated with polyacrylic ammonium exhibited a shear-thinning behavior, i.e., the gradual transformation of agglomerates into linear chain-like structures on the application of shear-stress, and weak repulsive forces were observed between the particles. The results of this study can enhance the homogeneity of ceramic colloids, powder compacts, and ceramics.

In slaughterhouses the burden of waste such as excessive blood volume causes waste process with sewage treatment pond cannot work optimally. Blood should be separated and processed into other products such as blood meal. This study aims to prove that addition of blood meal produces good quality organic fertilizer. In this research, the fermentor used in the composting process was biogas slurry. The study used CRD (Complete Randomized Design) with 4 treatments: without blood meal; blood meal 6.5%; blood meal 13% and blood meal 19.5%. There was no difference between the treatments at fertilizer temperature, pH and C/N except treatment 19.5% blood meal on C/N. Application of blood meal by 19.5% in the fourth week on C/N was 12.17 as a requirement for mature fertilizer. The treatment by adding 375 g blood meal on 6 kg livestock feces and 6 kg feed leftover while use biogas slurry as the fermentor was a novel organic fertilizer formula.

The study discusses the results of the analysis of changes in the management of natural fertilizers in Poland and voivodships. Analysis included changes in: the number and percentage of individual farms using natural fertilizer, fertilized area, and level of consumption of particular fertilizer types. The comparative analysis at a voivodship level concerned the years 2007 and 2016. The current situation with regard to fertilized area and natural fertilizer rates was also assessed on the basis of Statistics Poland data from the years 2018-2019. The results of analyses indicated that the number of farms using natural fertilizers in Poland has clearly decreased. Despite observing an increase in the interest in slurry application, the most popular natural fertilizer applied is still manure, which, in the years 2018-2019, was applied on 18% of utilized agricultural area. In Poland, the average annual rates of applied manure, liquid manure and slurry are, respectively 17 t/ha, 22 m3/ha and 26 m3/ha. An analysis of the organization and intensity of natural fertiliser management in the Podlaskie Voivodeship shows that this is the leading region in this aspect, which confirms its dominant position in livestock production in Poland.

The characteristics of ceramics produced by wet forming are determined by the particle dispersion in the utilized slurry, obtained by mixing ceramic powder and a solvent. Evaluation and control of the particle dispersion is thus important. In the case of ceramic powder containing a sintering aid, metal ions may be eluted from the particles during preparation of the aqueous slurry. It remains unclear, however, how the metal ions affect the particle dispersion and the green body characteristics. Hence, in the present study, Mg2+ or Al3+ ions were added to common water-based alumina slurries, and their effects on the slurry and green body characteristics were investigated. It was found that the presence of about 10 mM of metal ions caused agglomeration of the slurry particles and decreased the green body packing fraction. The effects were particularly significant for small amounts of the added dispersant. When the dispersant dosage exceeded a certain level, the added metal ions produced no observable change in the slurry or green body characteristics. In addition, higher-valence metal ions were found to decrease the maximum green body packing fraction and increase the dispersant dosage required to reach the maximum packing fraction.

This article presents the results of experimental work carried out both in situ (coring; pressuremeter test) and in the laboratory (drying-wetting and oedometric tests) to describe the volumetric behavior on drying-wetting path of a swelling clayey soil of eastern Algeria. In order to perform drying-wetting tests the osmotic technique and saturated salts solutions were used. These suction-imposed methods have gained widespread acceptance as reliable methods for imposing suction on soil specimens. They allowed to sweep a wide range of suctions between 0 and 500 MPa. The ability to impose suction on soil specimens allows for drying and wetting stress paths to be applied to evaluate resulting changes in state parameters (void ratio, degree of saturation and water content). These paths were carried out on specimens with different initial states. Slurries of soil were used to characterize the reference behavior, while the undisturbed soil samples allow to describe the behavior of material under in situ conditions. In the last part of this article and to specify the behavior observed in the saturated domain, a comparison between the resulting deformations of the drying-wetting test and those resulting from the oedometric test was made.

Acidification is one of the recommended treatments to reduce NH3 emissions from animal slurry. Economically, the sulphuric acid is the most feasible agent to lower slurry pH. This study explains the impact of acidified slurry on soil and crop in a leaching trial. Pot experiments with ryegrass and cereal crops were used with 15 and 45 m3 ha−1 acidified slurry application. The effect of acidified slurry on ryegrass and maize yield was positive, increasing the yield by 40% and 20%, respectively, compared to unacidified slurry. There was a significant effect of acidified slurry on soil pH when large amount of acidified slurry (45 m3 ha−1) was used. Soil pH decreased by 0.1 units. The smaller amount of acidified slurry (15 m3 ha−1) had non-significant effect. Thus, for environmental protection purposes, it is necessary to ensure that the nutrient amounts applied with slurry, in particular easily soluble nitrogen and sulphur, correspond to the needs of the plants. Particular attention must be paid to Ca-poor soils. Sulphate ions are physically negatively absorbed in the soil, facilitating their availability in and leaching from the soil. With sulphate anions, an equivalent amount of Ca and Mg cations is always leached from the soil.

In this study, the particle dispersion state in a dense BaTiO3 slurry containing a dispersant and binder was assessed by various slurry evaluations such as particle size distribution measurement by laser diffraction, viscosity measurement, dynamic viscoelasticity measurement, and hydrostatic pressure measurement, which is a novel slurry evaluation technique developed by our group. Then, the relationship between the slurry evaluation results and the packing fraction of green sheets fabricated from these slurries was discussed. We found that the particle size distribution and the relative viscosity and yield stress by dynamic viscoelasticity measurement could not properly estimate the packing fraction of green sheets. In contrast, the hydrostatic pressure measurement was able to distinguish the particle dispersion state, and the results show an acceptable correlation with the packing fraction. The reason is that our developed method evaluates not only the initial particle dispersion state, but also its change as the particle concentration increases.

To reduce competition with human-edible feed resources, it is of interest to incorporate by-products from the food industry in animal feeds. The current research investigated the effect of including increasing amounts of tofu by-product (TF) in practical pig diets on animal performance, nitrogen balance and ammonia emissions from manure. Two experiments were conducted including a control diet without TF, containing 160 g/kg dietary non-starch polysaccharides (NSPs) and three diets including 122, 246 and 360 g TF/kg DM (TF122, TF246 and TF360, respectively) to reach 220, 280 and 360 g/kg NSP. All diets had the same level of CP and protein digestible in the small intestine which particularly was realized by replacing rice bran with TF. Animal performance was assessed in a first experiment with 40 growing barrows with initial BW of 26.6 ± 1.80 kg (M ± SD) being allocated to the 4 treatments, during 2 growth phases (i.e. until 50 kg BW and from 50 to 80 kg BW). In the growth phase until 50 kg, feed intake and average daily gain (ADG) were linearly reduced by dietary TF inclusion, while this negative impact disappeared during the second growth phase (50 to 80 kg BW). Tofu by-product inclusion even positively affected the feed conversion ratio during this second growth phase (3.4 to 2.7 kg feed/kg ADG for 0 to 360 g/kg dietary TF). Over the entire growth period, performance and feed intake were negatively affected at the highest dietary TF level. Experiment 2 was conducted to assess digestibility, nitrogen balance and ammonia emission from manure. For this purpose, 16 pigs with BW of 62.8 ± 3.6 kg (M ± SD) were assigned to either 1 of the 4 treatments. There was no difference in total tract apparent digestibility of dietary organic matter or CP, while NDF digestibility increased with increasing TF level, suggesting increasing importance of the hindgut fermentation when digesting diets with increasing TF levels. Nevertheless, this was not reflected in increasing levels of faecal volatile fatty acids or purines, nor in reduced manure pH. As a result, ammonia emission from slurry was not reduced through dietary TF inclusion, despite the linear decrease in urinary nitrogen. In conclusion, TF can be included in pigs’ diets up to an inclusion rate of 25% without risk of impaired animal performance; however, this dietary strategy fails to mitigate ammonia emission from slurry.

Amalgamation in the processing of community gold mines may leave slurry waste with the potential for heavy metal contamination of the environment. Technical studies for handling these wastes are very necessary to process the waste using a simple and applicable manner in the community. The purpose of this study was to examine the coagulation-adsorption technique of liquid waste from the amalgamation process. Slurry waste samples from the amalgamation process were collected from amalgamation sites in Boto Village, Wonogiri regency which had the highest Hg and Pb levels in the slurry. The coagulation-adsorption process is carried out by a continuous process with the gravitational flow because the area of the amalgamation process has a steep slope. Coagulation of particles in the slurry used two kinds of natural ingredients, i.e. papaya seed, and moringa seed extracts. The adsorption was conducted using two types of minerals, i.e. Ca-bentonite and zeolite which had been activated. The results of this study showed that the coagulation process was a simple process to purify amalgamation slurry waste and reduce the levels of Fe, Mn, Hg, and Pb metals. Then the following step by using the absorption process to produce clear water from amalgamation liquid waste and reduce the levels of Fe and Mn metals. Coagulation using papaya seeds might purify amalgamation slurry waste and reduce heavy metal content of Fe 99.996%; Mn 99.994%; Pb 100%; Hg 100%. Based on these results, the Hg and Pb metals were metals that were very easy to settle. Adsorption on the liquid result of the coagulation process using unactivated zeolite reduced the metal content of Fe> 99.40% and Mn> 88.69%.

High temperature oxidation resistant aluminide coatings fail due to their inability to maintain a protective scale. The corresponding mechanism of protection is based on of forming a thin Al2O3 layer, which depends on the availability of Al at the interface with the intermetallic coating. However, the Al content in the coating’s surface decreases with time at high temperatures due to interdiffusion with the substrate and/or frequent regeneration of the protective Al2O3 scale when it spalls. Si addition is known to enhance the life of Ni aluminide coatings under certain corrosion environments. In an effort to develop a stable, long lasting coating for industrial components exposed to metal dusting, diffusion aluminide coating has been produced by applying Al-Si slurries of various compositions on alloy 601. Aluminide coatings were prepared by applying a water base, Al slurry to which 1, 10 and 20 wt. % of Si were added, followed by a diffusion heat treatment. The microstructures of the coatings were similar, exhibiting an outer layer consisting of an Al-rich β-NiAl matrix, an almost stoichiometric β-NiAl inner layer and an interdiffusion zone between the coating and the alloy. Thermal cyclic tests in air at 1100 °C have demonstrated good adhesion and stability of all coatings. In addition, long term isothermal tests at 850 °C for up to 3 months in air showed high oxidation resistance of the coating but different degree of coating degradation depending on the composition. The coating with the lowest Si addition was the most stable.

In order to realise efficient, economic, low carbon and environmentally friendly slurry disposal, floc sedimentation velocity ( S _f ), supernatant volume ( V _s ), water content of bottom mud ( W _b ), supernatant turbidity ( N _s ) and pH value were determined by slurry sedimentation tests, specific resistance tests, and water quality analysis. Orthogonal tests were performed to analyze the matching rule and control mechanism between flocculants and the slurry settlement characteristics. The results show that polyaluminum chloride (PAC) and polyferric chloride (PFC) had a low dose and a fast sedimentation rate. The sedimentation effect of 20 ionic degree cationic polyacrylamide (CPAM-20) in organic flocculant is the best. Although flocculants can shorten the sedimentation time, excessive flocculants can also weaken the slurry separation effect. The sedimentation efficiency of organic flocculants is higher than that of inorganic flocculants, but it is easy to form foam on the supernatant surface. For the composite flocculants, the sensitivity sequence of S _f , V _s and W _b is PAC>CPAM-20>PFC. PAC plays a controlling role in the sedimentation effect of the slurry.